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BBQ Grills & Smokers

Accessories
Buying a Grill or Smoker
Modifications
Operating a Grill or Smoker
Woods



Accessories


Barbecue Accessories & Supplies - Several people have asked me for a list of items that a new Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker owner needs to get started. In addition to the obvious things like charcoal and smoke wood, here are the items that I think are essential. If you want to try your hand at competition barbecue, you'll need a lot more than what's listed here. One of the best competition checklists I know of is available for download at the Smokin' Guns BBQ Web site.* - A wonderful list of tools necessary for grilling and smoking. Even though this is directed towards Weber Bullet Owners, it's a great start for any beginner griller/smoker.


Weber Charcoal Chimney Starter - Get coals ready quickly with Weber's extra large aluminized steel canister. The stay-cool glass-reinforced nylon handle and a wire fold-out handle provide safe handling of hot coals.* You can find this and many others locally in a lot of stores. This is a great tool to have if you don't wish to use lighter fluid on your charcoal.




Buying a Grill or Smoker


Manufacturers

Big Green Egg - www.biggreenegg.com
Char-Broil - www.charbroil.com
Cookers and Grills - www.cookersandgrills.com
Cookshack Barbecue & Smoke-Cooking Center - www.cookshack.com
Gator Barbecue Pits - www.gatorpit.net
Jedmaster Cookers - www.jedmaster.com
J.R. Enterprises - www.jrenterprises.com
Kamado - www.kamado.com
Klose BBQ Pits - www.bbqpits.com
Lang Smokers - www.pigroast.com
Ole Hickory Pits - www.olehickorypits.com
Southern Yankee Bar-B-Q - www.sybbq.com/index.php
Stump's Smokers - www.stumpssmokers.com
Tejas Smokers - www.tejassmokers.com/index.htm
The Brinkmann Corporation - www.brinkmann.net
Traeger Industries - www.traegerindustries.com
Weber Grills - www.weberbbq.com

   Distributors & Suppliers

   Charcoal Grill Depot - www.charcoalgrilldepot.com/charpk.asp
   Grills For All Seasons - www.grillsforallseasons.com
   Hawgeyes BBQ - www.hawgeyesbbq.com
   Outdoor Chef - www.outdoorchef.biz
   Smoke 'n Fire - www.smokenfire.com
   The OutdoorCooker - www.outdoorcooker.com
   The Dizzy Pig Barbecue Company - www.dizzypigbbq.com/index.html
   The Traeger Store - http://www.traegerstore.com

Cookshack Barbecue & Smoke-Cooking Center - Find barbeque recipes, barbecue smoker ovens, barbeque smoking woods, competition barbeque equipment, barbeque spices and barbecue sauces.* I've had the opportunity to chat with one of the company owners, Donna Johnson, several times over the past week and she's informed me that they've been in business for over 40 years now. They are very Customer Orientated and welcome all feedback about their company & products.


Dalton Grill and Smoke - If you are in search of the all important competitive edge on the contest trail your looking at it here. These are the best built cookers this side of heaven and like heaven to use too. Fill up the chute on the Elite or Platinum cookers with up to 20 lbs of lump and see your target temps achieved and remain steady as a rock. Need a commercial size cooker, this is the place.* While y'all're there lookin' 'round, check out their How To...?, Links, and Recipes pages. 06/02/2008


The Good-One™ Smoker/Grill - The innovative design of the Good-One™ smoker/grill moves the heat and smoke over the meat for uniform cooking perfection. It holds the heat at the right temperature for the old-fashioned pit BBQ taste.

The Good-One™ Smoker/Grill was founded in 1988. This endeavor evolved from the dreams and creative thinking of passionate, persistent, and prepared father and son entrepreneurs in Burns, Kansas. Both Ron and Larry Goodwin have been involved in developing, manufacturing, distributing, marketing, selling, and servicing products for the outdoor cookers for over 20 years now. Over the years, they conceived new brilliant ideas to make their product simpler, easier to use, and resulting in a superior product.

In March of 2007, Ace of Hearts BBQ Specialties purchased The Good-One™ product line and partnered with Goodwin Industries, the manufacturer of The Good-One™ to expand the brand nationally.
* 07/03/2007


- Southern Yankee Bar-B-Q - Custom high-end manufacturer of Concession Trailers and Bar-B-Q Smokers that will help you deliver the Real Southern BBQ flavor. Our products are used and shipped worldwide. Nothing else compares!*



The Traeger Store - Contains the most comprehensive information and offers the best discounts on Traeger Wood Pellet Smoker Grills.* While you're at their site, check out their FAQs, How It Works, Tips & Tricks, and BBQ Information Links pages.




Modifications


Modifying the New Braunfels Hondo and Black Diamond smoker grill - After looking over these awesome modifications, I realized that they could easily be used on ANY type of smoker with a side firebox. (It's a PDF file and you'll need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to open the file. Pay Attention to the "extras" that they try to add to the download! They're NOT needed if you don't want them!)


Operating Tips & Modifications by Chris Allingham of The Virtual Weber Bullet - This department of TVWB represents all the knowledge I have accumulated from early 1997 to date about the operation, care, and maintenance of the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker. I want to thank all of the WSM enthusiasts out there who have freely shared their knowledge of the WSM with me through personal conversations, e-mail messages, and Internet discussions. Much of the credit for the information in this department goes to them.*




Operating a Grill or Smoker


The Minion Method of cooking with charcoal - ChezJohn says, "Fill charcoal ring 2/3 full of unlit *good* charcoal. Dump a chimney full of hot, lit charcoal on top of unlit ones. Your charcoal ring should now be about full. Give it a few minutes to get going good, add a few chunks of wood & put the meat on. Top vent should always be wide open. Bottom 3 vents should all be open to begin with...then when internal temp reaches 225*-250*...start tweaking the bottom vents to regulate the oxygen inflow, which determines how hot/long the coals will burn. I like to run my WSM ~ 250*-260* and with all 3 bottom vents about 1/2 open, I can hold that temp for about 10-12 hours without adding more fuel. If the WSM starts running hot...close down the bottom vents a lil' - and if it's not running hot enough, open the bottom vents a lil' more."*


- Your best source for Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker information and discussion on the Web. If you're looking for more detailed information, this section also contains pictures and descriptions of all the component parts that make up the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker. You'll see how the unit is packaged for shipping and how it's assembled. I'll tell you about some problem areas to be on the look-out for when unpacking and assembling a new Weber Bullet, and I'll toss in some WSM history just for fun.* Numerous Self-Guided Tours and an awesome video! The Virtual Weber Bulletin Boards have numerous topics...well worth reading!



Using a water pan in a Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker - There's a lot more to the lowly WSM water pan than meets the eye, and this article explains it all in detail.* This is a great article about using a water pan in a smoker. It also discusses using water vs. sand. This is a MUST READ for operating a Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker.




Woods




*These sites have been quoted directly as I believe what they say about their sites or they already know what to say, better than I do.
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